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Suspect Is Arrested Minutes After Stabbing on Subway

A man pulled out a razor on a crowded subway train shortly before 5 p.m. yesterday and slashed another man on his face and neck, the police said.

The suspect, Randy Johns, 41, was arrested minutes later as he was leaving the 14th Street and Sixth Avenue subway station, the police said, adding that it appeared that the victim was chosen at random.The victim, Terrance Wilson, was released from St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan last night after being treated for cuts to the right side of his face and neck.

After being released, Mr. Wilson said of the attacker: "He just slashed me in the back of the neck. I didn't see the guy. I was just standing there and he came up behind me."

The slashing occurred just one day after a man used a power saw to seriously injure a subway rider at 110th Street and Broadway, and three weeks after four people were stabbed during a 13-hour period in Manhattan.

A 33-year-old ex-convict was arrested in the power saw attack, and a 20-year-old Boston man was arrested in the four stabbings. The police said all the attacks appeared to be random. All the victims survived.

The police said that after yesterday's attack, which occurred on a No. 2 train, Mr. Johns was quickly pointed out and arrested.

Charges were pending last night.

Mr. Wilson walked off the train and was stopped by a police officer who called an ambulance, said a subway booth clerk who gave his name only as Sayed.

"There was a cut on the back of his neck and there was a lot of blood," he said.

Sarah Garland contributed reporting for this article.

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